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Dr George Davidson 145 



Geographic Work in the Philippines 145 



The Wealth of Nations 145 



Original Map Made by George Washington 145 



" The Journal of School Geography " 145 



The First Crossing of Samar 146 



The Peary Arctic Club 146 



Geographic Literature 146 



" The Mastery of the Pacific" (A. R. Colquhoun) .' 146 



' ' Irrigation in the United States " (F. H. Newell) 147 



"Scotland" (Marie Hornor Lansdale) 147 



" Wonderland " (O. D. Wheeler) 14S 



"The Scenery of England " (Sir John Lubbock) 148 



' ' Touring Alaska and the Yellowstone " (CM. Taylor) 148 



" China and the Allies " (A. Savage Landor) 148 



' ' Eastern Peru and Bolivia ' ' (W. C. Ogle) ' 148 



National Geographic Society .' 149 



Recent Explorations in the Canadian Rockies ; by Walter D. Wilcox 151 



A Great African Lake ; by Sir Henry M. Stanley 169 



Coal Resources of Alaska 172 



The Hubbard Memorial Building 174 



Geographic Notes 176 



Forecasting the Weather " 1 76 



No News of Andre 1 177 



Commander Borchgrevink 177 



Decisions of the U. S. Board on Geographic Names 178 



The Latest Map of Southern California 179 



Expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic 179 



Dr Emil Holub '. 180 



Advance in Photography 180 



Automobiling in the Caucasus 180 



Dr C. Willard Hayes 181 



National Geographic Society , 181 



The National Geographic Society Expedition to Martinique and St Vincent 183 



Recent Explorations in the Canadian Rockies ; by Walter D. Wilcox 185 



The Explosion of Krakatoa ; by Sir Robert Ball 200 



Volcanoes 204 



The Magnetic Disturbance Caused by the Eruption of Mont Pel£e 208 



National Geographic Society Expedition in the West Indies 209 



Volcanic Islands of West Indies 213 



Lafcadio Hearn on the Island and People of Martinique 214 



Geographic Notes 216 



The Caribs 216 



The Russian Tibet Expedition 216 



Topographical Survey of the United States 217 



National Geographic Society Notes 218 



Mount Blackburn 219 



St Vincent 219 



Chile-Argentina Boundary Dispute 220 



Topographical Maps 220 



